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Resident Absol-M advocate here. Let's do it.
Mega Absol Hazard Denial + Psychium Z Volcarona
wow everything is floating
Mega Absol I find to be reasonably underrated, and the idea came to me to use a combination of its excellent ability Magic Bounce and two hazard removers to utterly deny...
reserving Mega Charizard X
reserving Camel
Charizard-Mega-X @ Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Roost
Mega Charizard X is a good check to Magearna owing to its ability to outspeed in every...
Alright, voting is now closed. Thanks everyone for your submissions.
Congratulations to zinnias for singlehandedly winning this week with Serperior and Mega Slowbro! I'll go ahead and add your sets to the Hall of Fame shortly.
Week 14: Calm Mind + Pain Split Magearna
Magearna @ Fairium Z...
Would just like to preface this by saying welcome back zinnias, lookin forward to see how it's going.
:gliscor: :chansey: :latias-mega: :cresselia: :magearna: :magnezone:
Arguably the most cancerous team I've ever produced, this is some evil-flavoured variant of Cresselia semi-stall featuring...
Hi everyone! I'm massively late on updating this, work has been pretty stressful, and as such I'm going to be extending the voting period until Tuesday 7th May in order to get everything done on time. Has to come first unfortunately, I'm sorry <3 (also to get some more votes lol)
(here is a...
Okay, voting is now closed. Thanks everyone for the submissions! :D
Checks:
:rotom-wash: Rotom-Wash by cen344uu
:serperior: Serperior by zinnias
:charizard-mega-y: Mega Charizard Y by Heatranator
:alakazam-mega: Mega Alakazam by Uber45
:tapu-bulu: Tapu Bulu by HydreigonTheChild
:kartana...
In terms of wallbreakers I'm a massive fan of SD Garchomp, it's just nice to use. Good neutral coverage, Z-Nuke if you need to, just is consistently good. Specs Lele is always nice to use, it just slams everything. And so is Sub Mega Mawile
Alright, voting is now closed. Thanks everyone for your votes :D (and apologies for being one day late on this, I'm very bad at timekeeping LOL)
Congratulations to Heatranator for both this week's check and counter, winning with Tapu Bulu and Buzzwole! I'll add your sets to the Hall of Fame...
Alright, voting is now closed. Thanks everyone for the submissions!
Checks:
:swampert-mega: Mega Swampert by trainer_j0nathan
:tapu-bulu: Tapu Bulu by Heatranator
:greninja: Choice Scarf Greninja by clematis
:garchomp: Dragonium Z Garchomp by HydreigonTheChild
Counters:
:buzzwole: Defensive...
Nominating Skarmory as a counter
Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Roost
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Counter
Simple stuff. Hard walls Landorus with Roost and Counter spam while stacking up Rocky Helmet damage to punish its pivots...
FlingScadrill (use in Sand Only!!)
Excadrill @ Hard Stone
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Fling
A much less good but oh so funny version of Sand Rush Excadrill, this set trades Swords Dance and Rapid Span for access to a...
Hi everyone! Been really late keeping on track of this, which I apologise for. Anyway.
Congratulations to trainer_j0nathan for Magearna winning this week's check and to AcneAutist for Mega Scizor winning this week's counter! I'll add your sets to the Hall of Fame shortly.
Week 12: Choice Scarf...
Alright, submissions are now closed. One day late again, I do apologise lol. Voting will be a little longer this time as I'm away a majority of the week with no ability to update this; so ;-;
Checks:
:greninja-ash: Ash-Greninja by clematis
:magearna: Assault Vest Magearna by trainer_j0nathan...
Nominating Gastrodon as a counter.
Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Scald
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Recover
Gastrodon is a very good counter to Diancie owing to its solid resistance to Diamond Storm, ominously large bulk, access to...
Okay, voting is now closed. Congratulations to Captain Funk for the clean sweep! I'll add your sets to the Hall of Fame shortly.
Week 11: Mega Diancie
Diancie @ Diancite
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Moonblast
- Diamond Storm
- Earth Power...
Alright, submissions are now closed. Think I might start putting out a warning 24h beforehand to remind everyone to finish reservations :D
Checks:
:magnezone: Choice Scarf Magnezone by Captain Funk
:landorus-therian: Figy Berry Landorus-Therian by Cdijk16
Counters:
:zapdos: Rocky Helmet...